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Understanding HIPAA: A Guide to Avoiding Common Violations

Armstrong Archives

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ensures individuals’ health data protection and privacy. This includes insurance companies, nurses, and doctors. Healthcare has become more interconnected than ever, making it important to protect patients’ sensitive information.

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Information Management in the Not-So-Distant Future of Health Care

AIIM

The classic example is the insurer that won’t pay for care that a doctor determines a patient needs. Insurers are about profit; doctors are about delivering the best care. Today, if you have a computer, you have a doctor – videoconference doctor visits routinely complement in-person ones. Electronic Health Record.

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HHS Announces HIPAA Settlement with UMass

Hunton Privacy

On November 22, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a $650,000 settlement with University of Massachusetts Amherst (“UMass”), resulting from alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy and Security Rules. .

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Five Steps to HIPAA Security Compliance

HIPAA

The health insurance portability and accountability act has set various guidelines, which should be adhered to by anyone who handles any electronic medical data. Lack of compliance to the HIPAA security standards could lead to large fines and in extreme cases even loss of medical licenses. Collaborate with affected parties.

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Fund Managers Targeted in Sophisticated Cyberattacks

Data Matters

Regulators worldwide, including the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, have issued guidelines for reducing and mitigating hacking risks. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently discovered that 26 percent of U.S. Insurance: The firm should communicate with its insurance company and review policy coverage.

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Fund Managers Targeted in Sophisticated Cyberattacks

Data Matters

Regulators worldwide, including the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, have issued guidelines for reducing and mitigating hacking risks. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently discovered that 26 percent of U.S. Insurance: The firm should communicate with its insurance company and review policy coverage.

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Five Steps to HIPAA Security Compliance

HIPAA

The health insurance portability and accountability act has set various guidelines, which should be adhered to by anyone who handles any electronic medical data. Lack of compliance to the HIPAA security standards could lead to large fines and in extreme cases even loss of medical licenses. Collaborate with affected parties.